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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Bruce H. Storm, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Mark A. Proett, Missouri City, TX (US);
Michael T. Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);
Bruce H. Storm, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Mark A. Proett, Missouri City, TX (US);
Michael T. Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the composition of a fluid by using measured properties of the fluid. One embodiment of the method of the current invention generally comprises: selecting a fluid property that has a response to fluid composition that is linear, or can be approximated as linear; measuring the selected fluid property at a series of specific time intervals; and plotting the measured property as a function of the selected property. In effect, plotting the measured property as a function of fluid composition in an arbitrary set of units. This allows for a in-situ qualitative evaluation of fluid composition by measuring a fluid property that has a known linear relationship to fluid composition. Another embodiment of the present invention further comprises, establishing the endpoints of contamination and plotting the measured properties through these endpoints. Once the endpoints have been established a quantitative evaluation of the fluid composition can be performed. One preferred fluid property that can be used is density.